cassava

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""How much is cassava selling for in Lagos?

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a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

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noun

a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

noun

cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

noun

any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cassava.

noun

a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics

noun

cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching; source of tapioca

noun

any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

Example sentences

""How much is cassava selling for in Lagos?

The man or woman who could be the next Einstein may well be tending a cassava field right now.

Go to a place with the "airtel money" sign and get cash so that you can buy that roasted cassava.

Starchy tubers are best: potatoes, yam/sweet potatoes, cassava and rice.

Don’t/didn’t indigenous peoples eat roots like cassava and potatoes, beets, etc., even rice?

Indigenous peoples in South America have passed down numerous traditional recipes for the cassava plant.

Every recipe involves a process to remove cyanogenic glycosides [0], which are present in all parts of the cassava plant and lethal if ingested.

Another local shop oriented to African Caribbean community sells yam and cassava as well as tapioca.

Sometime ago someone mentioned traditional, cyanogen-rich varieties of cassava, which are pest-resistant but require boiling for hours in an open pot.

It is easy to dismiss the current GMOs that are a bit cheaper, but something like non-toxic cassava, perennial wheat, or twice more productive variety of any staple crop used in poor countries will get widespread use despite all protestations of anti-gmo people because it will save lives in an apparent way. And after some time people in rich countries too would have to accept that gmos are useful.